Best Cellular Booster System

[merle&louise]

I spoke to Bob with Wilson yesterday, and he told me that I needed to be careful not get within 50' of a cell tower. He said that the amplifier could blow the cell tower out! He also said that the FCC would confiscate my amp if that happened.

The amps that are being used are to be used in a building, not in a motorhome. The amp that is made for a car has a 2' radius of signal and that is what he recommends. I personally think that it would be almost impossible to get a 45' coach within 50' of a cell tower, so it is a moot point.

Just wanted to pass Bob's info onto everyone.

[merle&louise]

Well my Wilson Dual Antenna Amplifier came in yesterday and I installed it in the coach.

It is showing a red blinking light on the 800 Mz side; the 1900Mz shows a green light. Hope Lloyd or Andre could chime in here and give me some suggestions.

I followed the instructions to the letter: connect the outside antenna to the amplifier first, then connect the inside antenna, then plug in the 6V power supply.

Why is the red light blinking?

[lloyd&pamela]

I believe it is because you have no cellular signal using that channel. We have two green light because we have our cell phones on one and our aircards is using the other. I could be wrong about this and will concede to Mills or someone with more knowledge than I have. For the best answer I would call Wilson in the morning.

[merle&louise]

Thanks for the response Lloyd. So if I dial a phone number on my cell phone the red light will change to green?

[lloyd&pamela]

If you turn your cell phone on near the internal antenna you should have more bars that when you are away from it and the green light should appear. Make sure you have more than a 20' separation between the internal antenna and the external antenna.

Our system will also flash red when there is not 800 or 1900 mhz tower near enough to connect with. You may only have a 800 Mhz tower nearby.

[merle&louise]

Lloyd,

I called Wilson Electronics 866 294-1660 and spoke to Ernie. To repeat my problem: the red light was on the 800 Mhz side. Ernie told me to unplug the amplifier, disconnect the outside antenna and disconnect the inside antenna at the blue amplifier. Then plug the blue amplifier back in and if both red lights come on it means the amplifier is bad. Both lights came on - it was a bad amplifier.

I installed a new amplifier which I obtained from the Omni Electronics store where I purchased the unit - it works great!

Tommorrow, time permiting I will drive down to Cocodrie, LA (the end of the world) to test the unit's ability. There is very weak cell service in Cocodrie - one bar on a good day.

Thanks for the help and advice. I think that I am going to be very happy with this cellular amplifier.

[lloyd&pamela]

Wilson is easy to deal with and very helpful. Glad you found the problem. Best to you and Karen

[GDeen]

Draggin up an older thread here....

Tuga, how is this system working out for you? How did it work on your trip up north? Any suggestions or comments as I am looking at doing similar pretty quickly here.

Thanks

[merle&louise]

Gordo,

The Wilson Dual antenna amplifier worked great on our trip to Alaska. I still have good results with the system; we have strong reception almost all of the time.

I would gladly buy the system again. It is worth the money.

The only trouble I have had was keeping the little magnetic antenna on the roof from falling over when I would drive under tree limbs. I siliconed a piece of metal to the roof (so I wouldn't have to drill holes in the roof) and then put the magnetic antenna on the piece of metal. It works great now.

[GDeen]

Gordo,

The Wilson Dual antenna amplifier worked great on our trip to Alaska. I still have good results with the system; we have strong reception almost all of the time.

I would gladly buy the system again. It is worth the money.

The only trouble I have had was keeping the little magnetic antenna on the roof from falling over when I would drive under tree limbs. I siliconed a piece of metal to the roof (so I wouldn't have to drill holes in the roof) and then put the magnetic antenna on the piece of metal. It works great now.

Good deal Tuga - thanks. How did you run your wire from the roof antenna without a roof penetration?